Re: [WSG] CSS Driven?

2005-12-14 Thread Stuart Homfray
Bob Schwartz wrote: I had hoped for some real solutions when I posted my original two cents, but none came. I can only conclude there are none, yet. I did think more than Rimantas would pop-up with a quick answer for your question, Bob: Which browser can correctly render the

Re: [WSG] IE CSS Gap Problem? Anybody have a solution?

2005-05-05 Thread Stuart Homfray
Josef Dunne wrote: Thanks though, does anyone else have a solution to this problem? I would HOPE that someone could come up with a cleaner solution, but I could only do it by feeding IE alternate declarations for your 'span' rule: span { display:none; _text-indent: -999px; _display:inline;

Re: [WSG] Cleaner two column float left?

2005-05-04 Thread Stuart Homfray
tee wrote: I am working on an order form that I set to two column float left item 1 item 2 item 3 item 4 item 5 item 6 item 7 item 8 The floats will do it: container { width: (less than 3x the width of floatedItem); } floatedItem { float: left; width: 49%; } SHOULD work in

Re: [WSG] best practice?

2005-04-29 Thread Stuart Homfray
Mike wrote: I guess you can't center a fluid width element. Does anyone know of a way? I suppose you could go: #container { margin: 0 20px; } or #container { margin: 0 5%; } Stuart ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] help, please!!

2005-04-25 Thread Stuart Homfray
Rachel Campbell wrote: I've been developing a site based on the Ruthsarian layouts and it's working ok except in IE 6.0, where there's a problem which is leaving me baffled, so I'm hoping that someone will be able to help. ... There isn't a problem if you set IE's options to refresh on every

Re: [WSG] php-files get horizontal scrollbar ONLY IN IE

2005-04-21 Thread Stuart Homfray
-- === El Bombin http://elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk Stuart Homfray http://www.stuarthomfray.co.uk === ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

Re: [WSG] multiple columns and 100% height

2005-04-18 Thread Stuart Homfray
don't mean the 'overflow:auto' float-clearing posting at Sitepoint's Web Design blog (http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view?id=238086)? (a bit more at http://www.quirksmode.org/css/clearing.html Stuart -- === El Bombin http://elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk Stuart

Re: [WSG] multiple columns and 100% height

2005-04-18 Thread Stuart Homfray
Helen Court | Formandsubstance wrote: One of the recent suggestions on balancing columns without javascript was to put a tiny graphic in the columns set at the appropriate repeat. Well, I asked on here about something I was working on, early on Saturday morning (see

Re: [WSG] IE problem

2005-04-11 Thread Stuart Homfray
://www.stuarthomfray.co.uk/temp/newcss.css instead of your current stylesheets. cheers, Stuart -- === El Bombin http://elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk Stuart Homfray http://www.stuarthomfray.co.uk

Re: [WSG] question about CSS menu (javascript)

2005-03-16 Thread Stuart Homfray
Hi John, I use a similar drop-down menu on my El BombĂ­n site http://elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk/ (javascript: http://elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk/menutoggle.js) - as far as I can tell it works on pretty much every browser (although Opera 7 seems to require an inline style for the

Re: [WSG] Problems with floats in IE

2005-03-09 Thread Stuart Homfray
David Laakso wrote: Stuart, I regret to say Opera7.54u2 is not happy with it. Best, ~david Absolutely - well spotted!! ;) (grins sheepishly) Seriously, stupid of me not to have checked before posting - the fieldset isn't clearing the submit button. I noticed that Tatham has an empty paragraph

Re: [WSG] Problems with floats in IE

2005-03-08 Thread Stuart Homfray
://members.stansw.asn.au/testdrive/ Thanks in advance! As always, any other comments are appreciated too. Thanks, Tatham Oddie Fuel Advance -- === = El Bombin http://elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk Stuart Homfray

Re: [WSG] Mac (IE5.2 + Safari) users: please could you check...

2005-03-07 Thread Stuart Homfray
Oh well... As I don't have a Mac close by to play with IE5.2 (and even if I had, I might spend too much time *trying* to make it work), I'll just link to a page containing the same info as the pop-up - that way, everyone's a winner!! :) I would say this about it though - the problem only seems

Re: [WSG] Mac (IE5.2 + Safari) users: please could you check...

2005-03-05 Thread Stuart Homfray
links at the top of each page pointing to the various page elements (i.e. skip to navigation, skip to content, etc.). HTH -John On Mar 4, 2005, at 3:02 PM, Stuart Homfray wrote: I've just amended the CSS again for this site, thanks to the feedback from John and Barry, and I wondered whether

Re: [WSG] Mac (IE5.2 + Safari) users: please could you check...

2005-03-04 Thread Stuart Homfray
to the problem containers cured it (at least, as far as I can tell with Browsercam) Thanks, Stuart Stuart Homfray wrote: ... I have tested the site with the usual PC browsers (IE4, IE5, IE5.5, IE6, Firefox, Opera 7, even NN4.7) and I'm reasonably happy, and I've looked at the layout using Browsercam

Re: [WSG] Mac (IE5.2 + Safari) users: please could you check...

2005-03-03 Thread Stuart Homfray
Safari looks great, but IE 5.2 looks pretty rough. !-- snipped --! HTH, John On Mar 2, 2005, at 7:44 PM, Stuart Homfray wrote: Hi all, ... I have tested the site with the usual PC browsers (IE4, IE5, IE5.5, IE6, Firefox, Opera 7, even NN4.7) and I'm reasonably happy, and I've looked at the layout

[WSG] Mac (IE5.2 + Safari) users: please could you check...

2005-03-02 Thread Stuart Homfray
at P.I.E. seemed a bit pointless) - I'm more than happy to take it! I await your responses with bated browser... cheers, Stuart -- === = El Bombin http://elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk/ Stuart Homfray http